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Can Gardens native win $10,000 deciphering emojis for TV audience?

Palm Beach Gardens native Daphnique Springs and her friend Rubyn Warren auditioned and were selected to compete on a new GSN show, “Emogenius.” Pairs of contestants work together to send and decipher strings of emojis, symbols such as smiley faces, animals or foods, used to replace words in text messages or on social media. Photo from GSN

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Daphnique Springs grew up in Palm Beach County and graduated from FAU.

Her episode on a game show that tests ability to decipher emojis will air 9:30 Wednesday on GSN.

Not only can the Palm Beach Gardens native decode those ubiquitous images of smiley faces, hand gestures and, yes, poop piles, that populate text messages and social media, she can do it at a speed that’s, well, competitive.

And it could earn her $10,000 as one of the first contestants on Emogenius, a real game show that is now playing on that old-school device: the television.

Springs’ episode airs 9:30 p.m. July 26 on the Game Show Network, GSN, Channel 179 for Comcast customers. She’s coy about revealing the ending.

“We have winning personalities. You’ll just have to watch and see,” she says.

The “we” is her friend and partner on the show, Rubyn Warren.

In the game, two pairs of contestants must decode a series of emojis. An image of a toilet and a snowflake, for example, yields TV character Jon Snow from the HBO series “Game of Thrones.”

The competition runs for three rounds and ends with one pair solving emoji messages in a final round. The partners trade off rapid-fire sending and deciphering the clues. They must figure out five picture riddles in less than a minute to claim the cash.

Springs, a stand-up comedian and actress, left Palm Beach County for Burbank, Calif., about seven years ago. She cranks out emoji-filled texts daily, stringing together surprised, laughing, crying and stunned faces in tune with her moods.

She even uses emojis to sniff out serious suitors in L.A., sending engagement rings, pregnant ladies and babies to a guy to see if he’s ready to settle down, she said.

This isn’t Springs’ first time competing for high stakes. Her game show prowess won her a car and a trip for two to South Africa on “Let’s Make a Deal” two years ago.

Her comedic talent has landed her in skits on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Laughs on FOX and in shows across the country. She won the American Black Film Festival’s Comedy Wings Competition sponsored by HBO in Miami Beach last year.

The rising star still has family in Palm Beach County who love to watch her on TV from their living rooms, recording and sending her clips as if she wasn’t there when the show was filmed, she said.

As for her game show appearance?

“It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be,” she said. “They’re really good at putting together the puzzles.”